COMMISSIONER OF LABOR OF NORTH CAROLINA v. HOUSE OF RAEFORD FARMS, INC.,

No. COA95-1401.

477 S.E.2d 230 (1996)

COMMISSIONER OF LABOR OF NORTH CAROLINA, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. HOUSE OF RAEFORD FARMS, INC., Defendant-Appellee.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

November 5, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Attorney General Michael F. Easley by Special Deputy Attorney General Hilda Burnett-Baker and Associate Attorney General Daniel D. Addison, for plaintiff-appellant.

Jordan, Price, Wall, Gray & Jones, L.L.P. by Henry W. Jones, Jr. and A. Hope Derby, Raleigh, for defendant-appellee.


JOHNSON, Judge.

On 9 October 1992, Betty Jo Locklear (now Betty Jo Barton) was injured when she accidentally slipped and fell while working at a poultry plant owned and operated by defendant House of Raeford Farms, Inc. in Lumber Bridge, North Carolina. After being absent from work as a result of the 9 October incident, defendant terminated Ms. Barton's employment on 26 October 1992.

Thereafter, Ms. Barton wrote a letter to the North Carolina Department of...

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